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West Coast Wilderness Railway
West Coast Wilderness Railway
West Coast Wilderness Railway
King River
Taken onboard the West Coast Wilderness Railway
Ferns
West Coast Wilderness Railway
Hell’s Gate, Macquarie Harbour
With three times the volume of Sydney Harbour with a tiny opening out to sea, the currents are exceptionally strong here.
Isolated windswept beach at Hell’s Gate
Strahan
View from hotel at Strahan
At the bar in Strahan Village Hotel overlooking Macquarie Harbour
Evening sets in over Macquarie Harbour
Evening in Strahan
Queenstown
Queenstown is a mining town at the other end of the West Coast Wilderness Railway. Much of Queenstown looks dilapidated or abandoned.
Zebra-painted car outside post office in Queenstown
Queenstown
Queenstown
Queenstown
Inside of an old hotel in Queenstown
Fang posing next to portrait of QE2
Queenstown
Queenstown
Queenstown
Terminus of West Coast Wilderness Railway
Queenstown
House in bad need of repair
Queenstown
Taken from the top of a hill, the railway looks almost like a model
Dec 20th (Day 8)
From Strahan to Miena (overnight at Great Lake Hotel)
Close-up of vegetation at Lake St Clair
This photograph is deceptive. They look like actual trees.
Walking around Lake St Clair
Lake St Clair
Lake St Clair
Lake St Clair
Lake St Clair
Fang at Lake St Clair
Desolate Central Plateau around the Great Lake
Great Lake
Me at Liffey Falls
Liffey Falls
Forest north of Great Lake
Dec 21st (Day 9)
From Miena to Maydena (2 nights at The Giant’s Steps)
On the way from Miena to Bothwell
St Luke’s Cemetery, Bothwell
Home to the rare and elusive daisy Leptorhynchos elongatus (Lanky Buttons)
Flora at St Luke’s Cemetery, Bothwell
Flora at St Luke’s Cemetery, Bothwell
House near Bothwell
On the way from Bothwell to Hamilton
Dry lonely landscape on the way to Hamilton
Morning tea and scones at Hamilton
Sundial at the gardens at the cafe in Hamilton
Garden cafe in Hamilton
There’s always a gnome somewhere
Cemetery near Maydena